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. 2019 Jan;40(1):92–98. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5905

Table 4:

Interrater agreement on image-quality comparisons of CS-SENSE and conventional MRIa

Metric SAG FLAIR (n = 35 Exams)
AX SPGR (n = 34 Exams)
Image Quality of CS-SENSE ≥ Conventional
Image Quality of CS-SENSE ≥ Conventional
Both Raters 1 Rater Neither Rater Both Raters 1 Rater Neither Rater
Optimal image quality 28 (80.0) 7 (20.0) 0 (0.0) 26 (76.5) 6 (17.6) 2 (5.9)
Optimal SNR 32 (91.4) 3 (8.6) 0 (0.0) 23 (67.6) 10 (29.4) 1 (2.9)
Trace or no artifacts 27 (77.1) 5 (14.3) 3 (8.6) 29 (85.3) 3 (8.8) 2 (5.9)
Sharp gray-white matter boundaries 28 (80.0) 7 (20.0) 0 (0.0) 26 (76.5) 8 (23.5) 0 (0.0)
Sharp lesion boundaries 29 (87.9) 4 (12.1) 0 (0.0) 27 (87.1) 3 (9.7) 1 (3.2)

Note:—SAG indicates sagittal; AX, axial.

a

Values are No. (%).